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Continuous chewing gum base manufacturing process using addition of softening agents at a plurality of feed inlet locations

EP 0759701 B1 · Applicant: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY

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  • Filed March 13, 1995 and granted June 12, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 13, 2015.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by September 13, 2020.
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FiledMarch 13, 1995
PublishedMarch 5, 1997
GrantedJune 12, 2002
Term endedMarch 13, 2015
Application numberEP 95913703
Classification (CPC)A23G4/00 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMarch 13, 1995PublishedMarch 5, 1997Patent grantedJune 12, 2002Term endedMarch 13, 2015

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